The Harder They Come
Library Journal Review Starred Review. An elderly California couple's vacation cruise is turned upside down when bandits attack their party at a Central American nature preserve. Former high school principal and Vietnam vet Sten Stensen reacts with unexpected fury when an armed thief approaches him, strangling him to death. While viewed as a hero back […]
Inside the O'Briens
Library Journal Review Genova (Still Alice; Love Anthony) has in her fourth novel elegantly constructed a tale of a Boston police officer who learns that he has Huntington's disease. In his early 40s, Joe O'Brien starts experiencing sudden, violent changes in his temper and muscle movements and is eventually diagnosed with the genetic disease that […]
The Patriot Threat
Summary "The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that amendment? Problems that call into question decades of tax collecting, and could even bring down the US economy. There is a surprising truth to this possibility a truth wholly entertained by Steve […]
The Buried Giant
Booklist Review In Ishiguro's first novel since 2006 (Never Let Me Go), the award-winning author reinvents himself once again. It is a fable-like story about an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who reside in a village that is made up of underground warrens and is sometimes menaced by ogres. One day they get it into […]
Someone Is Watching
Booklist Review *Starred Review* Bailey Carpenter's life isn't perfect, but it's hers. She works as a private investigator, lives in one of Miami's nicest high rises, and has a close relationship with her brother. The cons? Her job's long hours, a pending lawsuit with her extended family, and an ill-advised affair with her married boss. […]
The Stranger
Library Journal Review Adam Price's biggest concern is whether his son will be part of the high school's traveling lacrosse team. During a team draft meeting, a stranger approaches Adam, giving him devastating news about his wife, Corinne. When Adam confronts Corinne, she asks him to give her some time and disappears, leaving him a […]
The Precious One
Library Journal Review De los Santos's fourth novel (after Love Walked In; Belong to Me) unfolds in two voices: Eustacia "Taisy" Cleary, 35, and Willow Cleary, 16. The two are half sisters, though they've barely met-until Taisy's estranged father invites her back into his life after a health crisis, ostensibly to have her ghostwrite his […]
Cold Betrayal
From the Publisher “Ali's good heart and sense of justice combine withwell-paced suspense to create a satisfying whole.†–Kirkus Reviews
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The New York Times Book Review – Hampton Sides Erik Larson is one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction. In book after book, he's proved adept at rescuing weird and wonderful gothic tales from the shadows of history. Larson is both a resourceful reporter and a subtle stylist who understands the tricky art […]
World Gone By
Kirkus Reviews ★ 2014-12-17 A multilayered, morally ambiguous novel of family, blood and betrayal.Working against a backdrop of World War II, Lehane continues and perhaps concludes the ambitious series of historical novels that began with the epic sweep of The Given Day (2008) and continued with Live By Night (2012). Almost a decade after the […]